Project Information:
Student : Chad Whitman
Mentors : John Albin, Dan Myers
Overview: Updating the Menu Block Module 7.x-3.x to use new Drupal Core 7 Menu APIs.
Description: The current menu_block 7.x-2.x branch still uses APIs that were available in D6. There are new menu APIs in D7 that allow sub-trees to be retrieved. The menu_block 7.x-3.x needs to be re-worked to use those APIs.
Drupal Core’s menu blocks just print an entire tree of a specific menu. The Menu Block Module has the configuration to allow flexible menu-based navigation as blocks. It also only adds a block to the block admin page when you actually want a menu-based block and not before. The long-term goal related to this project (post-summer & beyond) is to possibly move the menu block module into Drupal 8 Core.
Related Discussion: Use menu_build_tree function
Schedule
April 23 - May 21
Setting up development environment, including developer module & simple tests.
May 21 - July 9
Testing & more testing of the "menu_tree_build" function in module with the menu_build_tree re-writing & simplifying code. Making sure currently functionality doesn't break.
Check out the patch below.
Links:
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Screencast
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| menu_block.patch | 2.35 KB |